The story documents the sicknesses she endured and struggles she overcame, but the original headline, strangely, only focused on Harbinson’s weight loss:

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Harbinson is an Instagram fitness blogger so we understand that exercise and healthy living is significant to the story, but the headline makes it seem like her ailments were a weight loss hack.

But the weight loss aspect of Harbinson’s story is unrelated to everything she suffered through.

Harbinson got a severe kidney infection, tested “positive for a malignant carcinoid tumor of the appendix,” “contracted an infection that required her to be quarantined,” experienced a partial lung collapse, and suffered from chronic pain stemming from a damaged disc in her back. And that’s not even all the hardships she endured.

The article also notes that Harbinson “lost 44 pounds without a single session at the gym,” noting that because she’s still recovering from surgery, “she isn’t physically able to work out the way she used to before her cancer diagnosis.”

While weight loss is surely a major tenet of the Cosmo brand, this headline and “angle,” if you want to call it that, is completely tone deaf. And many people agreed:

Cosmopolitan deleted the tweet touting the story just under an hour after it was posted.

It’s important to note that many writers and journalists do not come up with the headlines for their pieces because an editor (or editors) is involved. So, more than one person at the publication signed off on this, which is probably how ― right after the tweet was deleted ― the publication swapped out the original headline for this:

<strong>The Truth:</strong> It could push your weight in the wrong direction. The greater the variety of foods people ate, the more weight they gained over the course of five years, according to a recent study in <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141341" target="_blank"><i>PLOS ONE</i></a>. The less diversity in the diet, the fewer pounds packed on. "Its counterintuitive to what you hear all the time, but it makes sense given that a diet that's rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and low-fat dairy offers less variety than the highly processed, high-fat and high-sugar Western diet that we're used to," says Kelly Pritchett, RD, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. <br><strong>Keep This in Mind Too:</strong> It's not that you can never stray from your go-to roster of healthy foods. But if you're going to mix things up while you're out to dinner, for example, take a close look at the ingredients and cooking method to make sure the dish doesn't stray too far from your overall eating plan, says Joy Dubost, RD, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.